Technical Project Manager
- Apply project management tools and skills to ensure the on-time, on-scope and on quality delivery of the project with flawless execution from concept to close.
- Lead the alignment of the strategy and approach for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing the project with key stakeholders.
- Preventive management of roadblocks and generation of risk mitigation plans.
- Build and manage the project schedule, define the critical path, track activities to ensure functional team members are meeting agreed-upon deadlines, generate and communicate status reports, and escalate critical issues.
- Coordinate and facilitate project meetings including kick-off meetings, project team meetings, risk assessments, financial reviews, lessons learned, post-launch reviews, and additional meetings as required.
- Provide transparency and communication on project status and risks to cross-functional team members and Project Management Lead.
- Responsible for the consistent application, execution, and continuous improvement of Nestlé's I&R processes and tools.
- Maintain and ensure data accuracy, deliverable completion, and documentation as specified by relevant policies and procedures across assigned projects.
- Meet established key performance indicators (KPIs) and other program metrics.
- Responsible for making and ensuring the implementation of process improvements.
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and enable results through others with or without authority in a matrix-like organization and agile mindset
- Demonstrate courage and initiative to influence stakeholders with integrity and manage expectations
- Comfortable leading discussions and communicating within project teams
- Embrace details and ambiguity while keeping a general view to reduce complexity and strive for rapid but informed management decisions
- Acts as a change agent
- Identify and engage with stakeholders creating synergies through effective networking with all relevant business partners and external partners
- Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization; ensure all relevant stakeholders are continuously informed of project status, risks, issues and action plans
- Ensure effective on-time decision making by providing deciders with the relevant information and recommendations
- Contribute to an impactful business/commercial success by considering the whole picture of the project
- Ensure and communicate business relevance with project team working towards a shared goal
- Verify sustainable business value by continuously evaluating and challenging project purpose
- Minimum BA/BS required
- 3 years of related work experience
- Brilliant at the basics (time management, results focus, communication skills, organization skills)
- Ability to manage multiple projects and teams
- Effectively collaborates and influences people through strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage conflict and drive resolution
- Flexibility and adaptability to perform in a high-volume, fast paced and dynamic environment
- Quick sifting abilities (focuses project team and stakeholders on the top priorities – can focus on high level and detail level, knowing which is appropriate)
- Ability to analyze data, identify links between facts, ideas and situations that have no obvious connection
- Ability to manage ambiguity
- Note: Nespresso is not a federal contractor and does not maintain affirmative action programs